Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

But wealth has its little eccentricities
and We must bear with them. But he
alone is indaed rich who is content and
who does not look under the bed every
night for an Indictment Look at Door
old Mr.. Sharp, with his stock of alder.
men depreciating on his hands-men for
whom he paid big price only a few
years ago and who would not attract at
tention nSw on ten cent counter. while
| don't feel very well himself.
No, would not swap places with j.
Sharp and ride through Central Park be-
hind pair of rip, snorting horses, with
mourning rosettes on their heads, and
| feel that L must hurry back to help select
an unpreJudiced jury. l would rather
hang onto the brow of a Broadway car
till got to Fifty Second street, and then
stroll over to the menagerie and feed red
pepper to the Sacred Cow and have a
good, plain, quiet time than to wear fine
clothes and be wealthy and hate myself
all the time. l believe | am happier in
my untroubled dreamless sleep on my
quiet couch, which draws a salary during
the daytime as an upright piano; hap
pier browsing about at different restur-
ants each day, so that the walters will not
get well aquainted with me and expect
me to give them the money that | am
saving to go to Europe with; happier, |
say, to be thus tossed about ON the bosom
of the great, human tide than 30 have
forty or fifty millions of dollars contealed
about my person that l cannot remember
how | obtained.
Not so many equestrians were out as
usual on the day [ visited the park, bu t
those who were out afforked the observer
beautiful view of the park between
their persons and the saddle The euues-
triennes were more numerous. and one
or two especially were as beautiful as
anything that nature ever turned out
One young woman, in neat fitting plug
hat, looked to me like peri. 1t has been
good while now since L saw peri, but
[ have always heard them very highly
spoken of, and 1 hope she will not be
otfe nded when she reads these lines and
finds that l regarded her in thah light
Carriage horses are dressing about as
they did last season, except pom pom
tails are more worn, es Pecially at the end
Neck yokes are cut low this year so as to
show the shoulders of the wearer, and
horses in mourning wear their tails at
half mast.
The pourous plastren is not in favor
this year, but many horses who interfere
are wearing life preservers over the fet-
lock, and sometimes a small chest pret-
ector of russell leather over the Joint ac-
cording to the taste of the wearer-
Polka-dot or half mourning dogs are
much affected by people who are begin
ing to get the upper hand of their grief.
Much taste is shown in the selection of
dogs for the comming season, and mauy
owners chain their coachman to the dog
so that if any one were to come and try
and abduct the dog the coachman could
hlte him and drive him away. A good
Coachman to take care of watch dog is
almost invaluable.
custom of taking the butler along in
the seat with the coachman is growing in
favor for two reasons: first, it shows that
you have putler, and second, you know
that while he is out with you he is not
putting paste in the place of your dia-
ponds at home. So | almost said is pa
ste to do this.
The automatic or jointIess footman Is
still popular, and young man who has
a good turning lathe leg and an air of
impenatreble gloom can get a job most
any time.
Many New York gentlemen who are
fond of driving take their grooms out to
Central Park every afternoon for airing.
This is wise provision, for those who
have associated much with grooms will
agree with me that little airing now and
then is just what they need.
There ought to be a book of Park eti-
quette printed soon, however, for the
guidence of its patrons. In the first place
it should be considered outree for gent
leman TO hire coupe by the hour in order
to recover from the effects of alcoholic
prOstration, and then sleep up and down
the drive with his feet out the window. It
is not respectful, and besides that the
blood is liable 10 all rush to the head.
Drunken cab-drivers, too, should not be
permitted to drive in the park for only a
htde while ago one of them is said to
have fallen from his perch and injured
his crest